Emperor Valentinian

Valentinianus

emperor|321-375 AD|Milan
Valentinian I (321-375), born in Cibalae in Pannonia to a soldier of humble origins, rose through the army to be proclaimed Western Roman emperor in 364, ruling alongside his brother Valens, whom he installed over the East. A vigorous and ruthless soldier-emperor, he spent his reign fortifying the Rhine and Danube frontiers against the Alamanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians, and is remembered for a notable religious tolerance unusual in the period. He died at Brigetio in 375, reportedly of a stroke brought on by his fury at an embassy of the Quadi, leaving the West to his sons Gratian and Valentinian II. He figures in the corpus as a recipient of imperial-era correspondence connected to the milieu of Ambrose of Milan and Symmachus.
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From Quintus Aurelius Symmachusc. 365 AD

My duties are not yet finished, and the city's demands are not yet satisfied.

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From Quintus Aurelius Symmachusc. 370 AD

A poet of real quality has appeared among the younger men of the senatorial class; I draw your attention to him...

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From Quintus Aurelius Symmachusc. 372 AD

The news from the Danube frontier has been better in the past month than in the previous year, which is a relief;...

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From Quintus Aurelius Symmachusc. 372 AD

The prefectural records require an imperial confirmation on a question of precedent; I set out the question in the...

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From Ambrose of Milanc. 377 AD

To the most merciful Emperors, the Christian and most glorious princes Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius — from...

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From Ambrose of Milanc. 378 AD

To the most merciful, Christian, and glorious princes Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius — from the Council...

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From Ambrose of Milanc. 380 AD

This Epistle was written when Symmachus sent his memorial to Valentinian II. St. Ambrose presses on the Emperor the consideration that it is his business to defend religion, and not superstition.

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From Ambrose of Milanc. 380 AD

Reply of St. Ambrose to the Memorial of Symmachus, in which after complimenting Valentinian he deals with three points of the Memorial. He replies to his opponent's personification of Rome in a singularly telling manner, and proves that the famine spoken of by Symmachus had nothing to do with the cessation of heathen rites.

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From Ambrose of Milanc. 382 AD

Ambrose, Bishop, to the most blessed prince and most Christian Emperor Valentinian.

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From Ambrose of Milanc. 383 AD

Ambrose, Bishop, to the most blessed prince and most merciful Emperor Valentinian.

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From Ambrose of Milanc. 385 AD

Ambrose, Bishop, to the most merciful Emperor and most blessed Augustus Valentinian.

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From Ambrose of Milanc. 388 AD

Ambrose, Bishop, to the Emperor Valentinian.

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